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Grease filter exchange in Worthing, West Sussex
Grease filter exchange in Worthing from ventilation hygiene specialists trading since 2009. Evenings, overnight and weekends, plus a 24/7 emergency line.
- Filters left unwashed on busy weeks
- Grease filters clogged with grease
- Gaps where filters have been removed
How the job changes from site to site
Canopy filter housings
The trough or channel under the filters fills with grease. We point it out if it needs cleaning.
Mesh filters
Older or smaller canopies often use mesh filters. We exchange them on the same basis as baffles.
Grease filter exchange in Worthing
A filter service works alongside TR19® cleaning, not instead of it. Clean filters reduce the grease reaching the ducts though vapour still carries some grease past them. So the canopy, plenum and ducts still need their full TR19 clean. Typical jobs include blocked baffle filters and a canopy that drips grease, across restaurants and pubs, wall canopies and mesh filters.
In the busier parts of Worthing, kitchens are often on the ground floor with flats or offices above, with risers that run up the back of the building to roof level. Vertical risers like that need access panels in the right places, and anything we cannot reach goes on the report.
Every visit ends with a written report and photos, so you have a record of what was done and when. Where the work is a TR19® Grease clean, the certificate is issued through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Where
- Worthing (BN13, BN11, BN14, BN12)
- Wider area
- West Sussex
- Records
- Report and pictures after the visit
- Quotes
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- Out of hours as standard, 24/7 emergency line
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Reviewed
- 30 October 2026
Your questions about grease filter exchange in Worthing
Who carries out food hygiene inspections in Worthing?
Food hygiene inspections in Worthing are carried out by Worthing council. How often a business is inspected depends on the risk rating the council gives it, so it’s worth staying ready all year.
Do you work at weekends in Worthing?
Yes, we can come after you close and finish before you open. The site is handed back ready to open. Tell us your opening hours when you ask for a quote.
Do we need to close while you work?
Typically not. Booking the work out of hours means the site can carry on as normal. Bigger sites can be done in stages so parts stay in use.
Do you provide a certificate or report?
Yes, on every job. It’s a dated, written report with pictures, plus a certificate via the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal for TR19® Grease cleans. Keep it in your maintenance log.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
Floors and surfaces near the work are sheeted before we start, and waste is contained as we go. At the end, the area is cleaned down.
Do you clean filters as well as exchanging them?
We offer filter cleaning as well as exchange. We’ll explain the options when you get in touch.
How long will you be on site?
The work itself takes anything from a few minutes to an hour or so, depending on the number of filters. Bigger or more complicated systems take longer, and we will tell you what to expect.
What’s TR19?
BESA’s ventilation hygiene specification in two main parts: TR19® Grease for kitchen extract systems and TR19® Air for general ventilation. It isn’t legislation, but it’s the standard people check against.
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What affects the cost of grease filter exchange
There’s no set price list, because sites vary so much. What we look at:
- The condition of the system
- Working hours and out-of-hours timing
- One-off work versus a regular cycle
- How easy every part is to reach
What you pay depends on how big the system is, the condition it’s in and access to every part of it. You get a fixed price before any work starts, so there are no surprises.
Asking for a quote
A few details help us quote accurately. When you get in touch, it helps to send:
- The postcode and the type of business
- Any previous report or certificate
- Wide pictures of the system and the area around it
- The times we could work without disrupting the site
To help us quote: the address, the type of site and when it’s open, pictures of the system and the last certificate or report, if there is one. Once you have those, phone us on 0345 646 2711 or use the quote form.
What grease filter exchange looks like in Worthing
At about 2 miles from the coast, Worthing is close enough for sea air to matter. Salt in the air is hard on rooftop fans, discharge cowls and fixings, so we check them for corrosion as well as grease. There are about 183 restaurants, cafés and works canteens and about 81 sandwich bars and takeaways in Worthing and the streets around it, up to about 1.5 miles out, according to the Food Standards Agency’s register. Each canopy among them has filters that load with grease and need swapping or cleaning. In Worthing, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Worthing council. The cleanliness of the kitchen and its equipment, extraction included, is part of what they check. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked.
Where a hall near St Andrew's Church, or anywhere in Worthing, hosts lunch clubs or events, its extract gathers grease just as a café’s does. School kitchens, at schools like Durrington High School for example, are normally cleaned in the holidays so no lunches are lost.
Worthing is in West Sussex. If you need grease filter exchange in Worthing, it’s easy to get a fixed quote: please call 0345 646 2711 or drop us a line. Our area covers London and the South East, Worthing included. Across West Sussex, we cover 371 places, and Worthing is one of them. There’s also a page for Brighton, about 12 miles away.
All of BN13, BN11, BN14 and BN12 is covered for grease filter exchange, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Whether your site is on Church Road, Market Place and High Street or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. Worthing is on the A24 and A27, which makes it straightforward for our technicians to reach for grease filter exchange. Other places close to Worthing include Salvington (1 mile north), Offington (1 mile north-east), Broadwater (1 mile east), Findon Valley (2 miles north) and East Worthing (2 miles east). Further out, we also cover Bognor Regis (13 miles west), Burgess Hill (15 miles north-east), Littlehampton (6 miles west), Shoreham-by-Sea (6 miles east), Lancing (3 miles east) and Rustington (5 miles west). Being one of West Sussex’s larger places, Worthing has a wide mix of commercial premises, and we cover all of them for grease filter exchange.
Around Worthing
Typical jobs here are in premises near The George And Dragon Public House, Durrington Minature Railway and Thomas A Becket First School. The closest station to Worthing is West Worthing station, about 0.5 miles south-east of the centre. Well-known places in the area include The Acre (1.2 miles south-east) and Old Castle (within half a mile east). Green spaces nearby include Highdown Hill and Widewater Lagoon.
Landlords, agents and facilities managers
We regularly work with managing agents. Send the address, what’s needed and how access works and we’ll come back with a fixed quote.
Running several sites is easier with one contractor. We work across London and the South East, so visits at different addresses can be planned together and kept on a regular cycle.
The process
There’s very little for your team to do on the day. Someone lets us in at the agreed time and shows us where everything is, and we take it from there. Before we leave, the area is tidied and the paperwork follows. Managed buildings in a place the size of Worthing often have sign-in, permits-to-work and key holders, and the visit is planned around them.
- The filters in each canopy are measured and counted.
- An exchange schedule is agreed to suit your cooking.
- The dirty set is lifted out.
- Clean filters go in and we check they sit snugly.
- We take the greasy set away and confirm the next date.
Before we arrive
- Tell us where we can park and unload
- Clear the space around the work
- Agree a time when the area can be out of use
Get a fixed quote
We do not publish a price list, because every site is different. Instead, we look at your site first, from photos or a survey, and then give you a fixed quote. To start, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711 or send us an email.
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What grease filter exchange cannot fix
Before you book, it helps to know what’s not included:
- A heavily greased plenum or canopy, which needs cleaning to TR19
- Cooking smells reaching neighbours, which need odour control
- Greasy ducts and risers that a filter change will not reach
If in doubt, call us on 0345 646 2711, or email photos and we’ll say what we think before you book.
What we work on in Worthing
- Island canopies
- Mesh filters
- Baffle filters
- Restaurants and pubs
- Wall canopies
- School and hospital kitchens
Do you need grease filter exchange in Worthing?
Sometimes a filter is taken out and never put back. A missing filter leaves an open route into the system where it settles out of sight.
Keep an eye out for any of the following:
- Hand-washed filters that still look greasy
- A canopy that drips grease
- Gaps where filters have been removed
- Grease building up behind the canopy filters
If you cook for passing trade around West Worthing station, the extract can be cleaned between your last and first customer.
Questions to ask before you book
- What happens if part of the system cannot be accessed
- Whether they’re fully insured
- What hours they’ll be on site
- When the next visit should be, and why
What your team can do, and what needs us
Logging matters as much as cleaning. A dated log of in-house cleaning and checks helps show that the system is managed between specialist visits, alongside our reports.
Away from the kitchen, the in-house job is mainly checking: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.